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Top grads flock to £100k crypto jobs instead of banking: ‘There’s growth in every single direction and almost zero hierarchy’

Big salaries, rapid career progression and digital-asset bonuses are driving the trend to ditch banking for crypto

For those used to banking’s rigid recruitment methods, the barriers to entry into a crypto career are low
For those used to banking’s rigid recruitment methods, the barriers to entry into a crypto career are low Photo: Alamy

Forget banking, crypto is now where the talent and money are.

Take Pujeet Manot — the sort of hire the world’s largest banks choose over the tens of thousands of applicants vying to get through their doors every year.

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